HIGHLIGHTS The Chief Minister has not only backstabbed the poor and bereaved families of the farmers, but also gone back on the oath he took on the holy ‘Gutka Sahib’ The party will take the farmers’ plight to the Governor and then, if need be, it will launch a statewide agitation to ensure that the

BADAL JUSTIFIES PROPOSAL OF RS 6,000 RELIEF ANNOUNCED TO FARMERS BY THE CENTRE DP CORRESPONDENT Ludhiana Amid talks of differences between the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) alliance, former Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal made it clear that SAD-BJP alliance is intact and both the parties will contest the Lok

WITH AAP UNWILLING TO TAKE PEP AND BAINS ALONG, IT IS LIKELY IMPOSSIBLE TO JOIN HANDS WITH SAD (TAKSALI) AND BSP RAJAY DEEP Assistant Editor DAILYPOST Wi n n i n g four seats in 2014 Lok Sabha polls and all from Punjab only, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) hopes that the state may bless

Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Tuesday hailed the sweeping Congress victory in just concluded Panchayat polls in the state as a victory of democracy and a clear vindication of his government’s policies. The Chief Minister also congratulated the people of Punjab for ensuring a largely peaceful poll, in which a whopping 80.38% of the

Amarinder’s name on Kartarpur foundation stone black-taped by his minister. Objecting to names of Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) members being included on the foundation stone of the Kartarpur corridor, Punjab Minister Sukhwinder Singh Randhawa on Monday black-taped names of Chief Minister Captain Amarinder and his state cabinet colleagues on the plaque. Vice President M Venkaiah

‘Sidhu has close relations with ISI and Pakistan’. Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Tuesday alleged that Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu has close relations with Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). “He has gone mental. I think he has close relations with ISI and Pakistan, his call details should be probed,” Sukhbir told reporters here. Union Minister Vijay Sampla also lashed out at Sidhu

Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Sunday announced that his party would contest the 2019 parliamentary elections in Haryana independently. The former deputy chief minister of Punjab while addressing a rally in Kurukshetra’s Pipli town said that his party without the help of any ally will emerge victorious. “Shiromani Akali Dal will contest the

The Shiromani Akali Dal President Mr Sukhbir Singh Badal announced the first list of 38 candidates of the party for MC Ludhiana polls which are scheduled for February 24. The remaining candidates will also be announced shortly. The details of candidates is as under: LIST OF CANDIDATES Kumari Divia Danav from Ward No. 01, Gurmail Singh Jazi

Amritsar – Union Minister for Social Justice Vijay Sampla and BJP state executive member Rajinder Mohan Singh Chhina who inaugurated the maiden Indian Airlines flight to Nanded at local Sri Guru Ram Das Ji International Airport here today thanked PM Narendra Modi and Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley for the flight which they claim will be

Harsimrat thanks Sinha for connecting Amritsar with Nanded CHANDIGARH: Union food processing industry minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Saturday thanked minister of state for civil aviation Jayant Sinha for connection Amritsar with Nanded to facilitate pilgrims to pay obeisance at Hazoor Sahib with a direct flight. The direct flight, which starts today and will be

Stop arresting farmers for loan recovery: Akali Dal The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Saturday castigated the Congress government for arresting farmers after branding them as defaulters, even as it demanded immediate implementation of the promised complete loan waiver scheme. In a release here, SAD spokesman Virsa Singh Valtoha said the state government had started

SAD delegation to meet Pakistan High Commission today evening. The Sikh community from Hangu district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) in Pakistan raised concerns after being forced to convert to Islam by a government official. SAD delegation is taking concern about this issue, and Sukhbir Badal told that along with him and other SAD workers will meet

Leader of Opposition Sukhpal Khaira’s mother passes away. Sukhpal Khaira has been bereaved following the demise of his mother, Mohinder Kaur, who passed away in her home today evening. She breathed her last at the family’s residence. The cremation will held at village Ramgarh, Kapurthala on 19 Dec 2017, Tuesday. The meeting and other programmes scheduled for tomorrow has

Civic body polls: Alarm bells ring for AAP scoring duck. Local bodies’ polls, which were seeing as a litmus test for all three major players of Punjab politics, have been out-rightly swept by the ruling Congress. Amid allegations of rigging, primarily at Chief Minister Amarinder Singh’s hometown Patiala, the Congress has emerged as the tallest

CM rejoices, SAD-BJP calls it Black Sunday, AAP ashamed Capt Amarinder Singh, Chief Minister “The high voter turnout shows that the voters remained steadfast in their loyalty to the Congress and are no longer willing to be intimidated by political ‘goondas”, out to obstruct the process of free and fair polls. The huge turnout is also

MC Elections: Local issues with Haryana’s political twist! Jalandhar(Kusum Arora, December 13) – The Jalandhar Municipal Corporation (MC) elections might be all about local issues but it is the neighbouring state of Haryana, which is giving a political twist to the polls! It might sound strange but this time, MC elections campaign material from Haryana was ruling

SAD workers block Bathinda roads: Akali Dal workers staged protest against congress and their ‘Gunda raj’ at Bathinda. The protest is led by Amit Ratan at Jassi chowk, meanwhile Balkar Singh is leading the protest at Goniana Chowk and protest at Rampura T-point is being held by Minister for Rural Development and Panchayats in the

Chandigarh, Nov 16, Former Army chief General J J Singh (retd) was today appointed as the new president of the ex-servicemen wing of the Akali Dal. In a statement issued here, Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Singh Badal announced Singh’s appointment.”Singh has been given the crucial assignment of heading the ex-servicemen wing,” he said.Singh, who

London/ Patiala, Nov 12 India’s former Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Mrs Preneet Kaur, who is on tour to Britain for 10 days, today congratulated the newly constituted team of Indian Overseas Congress at London’s South Hall, Coventry and Wolver Hampton, Addressing a mammoth gathering of NRI Punjabi’s stated that the congress government established